palpus
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Palpifer: any palpus-bearing part: specifically, a small sclerite hearing the maxillary palpus and itself articulated to the stipes.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by John. B. Smith
The labium in Japyx is four-lobed and bears a small two-jointed palpus.
From Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses by A. S. (Alpheus Spring) Packard
Each short palpus has a large middle joint and a small joint at the tip.
From Butterflies Worth Knowing by Clarence M. Weed
Palpiger: that sclerite of the labium to which the labial palpus is attached corresponds to the palpifer of the maxilla and has been used in the same general sense.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by John. B. Smith
Terminal joint of each palpus less than a third as long as the middle joint.
From Butterflies Worth Knowing by Clarence M. Weed
The mosquito vibrates its wings with pleasure; the shmoo-like ant caresses the mosquito's proboscis with its palpi.
From Time Magazine Archive
The head, palpi, and thorax are margined with orange, less conspicuous in the female.
From Zoological Illustrations, Volume I or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals by William Swainson
The blue-green on the upper surface of the wings is very resplendent and changeable, and the palpi and thorax beneath are covered with numerous whitish spots.
From Zoological Illustrations, Volume III or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals by William Swainson
The false scorpions, Chermetidæ, may at once be recognized by their large maxillary palpi, resembling the maxillæ of the true scorpion.
From Directions for Collecting and Preserving Insects by C. V. Riley
When this organ is not in use, it is beautifully coiled into a close spiral which lies between the labial palpi.
From Butterflies and Moths (British) by William S. Furneaux
